Opening PageMaker 7.0 docs in InDesign CS2

I want to open PageMaker 7.0 documents in InDesign CS2. InDesign gives an error message "The Pagemaker document is damaged and cannot be recovered" but the document open perfectly well in Pagemaker.
Any suggestions?

Try using the Save As command in PageMaker. It will rebuild the file, ideally eliminating potencial causes of conflicts that PM can handle but ID can't.
Another suggestion is to split the PM file in smaller ones. This not only will make the files more digestible for ID, but will also serve as a diagnostic procedure: the files that ID won't open are the ones that have whatever ID is complaining about. In this case, you can pinpoint where the problem lies (maybe embedded images or stray elements in PM) and try to correct it.

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Hallo Robert95100,
ich habe für mich eine Lösung gefunden! Arbeite auch für eine gemeinnützige (Umwelt-)Organisation, die - genau wie bei Euch - sich nicht alles leisten kann. Und ja, ich habe für uns die CS2-Version auch kostenfrei vom Adobe-Server heruntergeladen (mit Seriennummer). Also, nicht alles, was hier so erzählt wird, stimmt dann auch. :-)
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Nach einiger Recherche kruder Kommentare im Internet hat sich bei mir das Problem auf einen wesentlichen Punkt fokussiert:
--> Service Pack 3 bei Windows XP professional
Es ist anscheinend so, dass InDesign CS2 unter Windows XP prof. ohne Service Pack 3 relativ problemlos Pagemaker-Dateien der Versionen 6.5/7.0 importieren konnte. Erst mit Installation des Service Packs 3 unter Windows geht diese Fähigkeit aus irgendeinem Grund (den ich Dir nicht nennen kann, weil ich es bislang nicht herausgefunden habe - Spekulation: Security-Einstellungen?) verloren.
Das hilft Dir nun womöglich unter Windows 7 (64-bit) womöglich als Information zunächst nicht weiter, aber:
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1. Hast Du einen alten Rechner übrig, auf dem Du Windows XP installieren kannst oder wo noch Windows XP drauf ist?
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2. Wenn Du keinen extra Rechner für ein altes Windows XP übrig hast oder aber von einem bestehenden XP-Rechner das Service Pack 3 nicht deinstallieren willst - aber genug Festplattenspeicher auf Deinem aktuellen Windows 7 Rechner hast, dann probier's mal mit einer "Virtual Machine"-Software:
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b. Oracle Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org/
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